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Olympics to provide €7-11bn boost for Paris region, says independent report

  • Paris 2024

The University of Limoges' Centre for Law and Economics of Sport (CDES) claims that the 2024 Olympic Games will generate a net economic gain of somewhere between €6.7 billion and €11.1 billion for the Paris region.

the overall economic impact of construction work, extra tourism and event organisation on the Île de France


Brazil beat Europeans to host the Women's World Cup in 2027

  • FIFA

Brazil will host the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup after outbidding a joint European bid from Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, world football's governing body announced at the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand.

China), 3 in North America (2 in the United States and 1 in Canada), 3 in Europe (Sweden, Germany and France


Torch Relay Stage 8: Discovering Aude

  • Paris 2024

This Thursday, the Olympic Torch made a leap back in time to explore the unique medieval heritage of the Aude. Nearly 110 Torchbearers carried the Flame from the fortress of Peyrepertuse to Carcassonne. Dimitri Pavadé, one of the relay captains, was in Carcassonne and Olivia Ruiz, one of France's most popular singers, lit the Olympic cauldron.

 A double medallist in Tokyo and Rio, he and his teammate Jérémie Mion will represent France in



Van der Poel's journey: From mud to the road on his way to Paris 2024

  • Cycling

Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel, six-time cyclocross world champion, is undergoing a change at the highest level. His latest ambition is to add the Olympic gold medal in road cycling to the rainbow jersey he already wears in the same discipline. It would be the first time that anyone has ever achieved the triple crown.

The team also confirmed that he will race the Tour de France.

Alpecin-Deceuninck Cycling Team (@AlpecinDCK) May 15, 2024The Dutchman decided to race the Tour de France

a huge leap in his transition to road cycling.In 2021, Van der Poel took part in his first Tour de France

power and race management in the peloton allow him to fight for victory in any scenario.In the Tour de France

and even helped faster team-mates like Jasper Philipsen to sprint stage victories in the 2023 Tour de France


More problems for Paris 2024: The rubbish collectors

  • Paris 2024

In the last few hours, the rubbish collectors of Paris have gone on strike, using the power that comes with being just 70 days away from the third modern Olympic Games to be held on French soil.

The glory of France would be seriously undermined.

Paralympic Games will be held, from 28 August to 8 September).The 10th day of nationwide protests in 2023 in France


Torch Relay Stage 7: Pyrénées-Orientales

  • Paris 2024

The Olympic Torch Relay has been travelling the roads of France for a week now, and on Wednesday the

paraplegic at the age of 16, but she is passionate about sport and actively participates in the APF France


Breezy Johnson suspended for whereabouts violation

  • Skiing

USADA has declared that skiing star Breezy Johnson has agreed to a 14-month suspension for accumulating three Whereabouts Failures within a year.

came in December 2020 when she clinched her first World Cup podium at a downhill event in Val d'Isere, France


ITIA bans two tennis players for match-fixing

  • Tennis

Two tennis players have been banned by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) due to their involvement in corruption associated with a syndicate in Belgium.

Leny Mitjana from France received a 10-year suspension for corruption, while Anis Ghorbel was banned


FIFA Women's World Cup 2027 hosts to be announced

  • Football

FIFA is set to announce the approval of the winning bid to host the premier global tournament following a vote at the FIFA Congress scheduled for Friday in Bangkok, Thailand.

Prior to the 2023 event, China PR, Sweden, the USA, Germany, Canada, and France have all hosted the competition

Charoenying has since reflected on her side's 13-0 thrashing back in 2019 at the hands of the USA in Reims, France


Torch Relay Stage 6: Pride of place in Corsica

  • Paris 2024

The Olympic Torch first came to Corsica in 1992 for the Winter Olympics in Albertville. Now, 32 years later, it returned on Tuesday to highlight the natural beauty of the French island, 17 days after leaving Greece aboard the Belem.

enthusiasts led by Charles Orlanducci, the emblematic former captain of Sporting Club de Bastia and a former France

 Tomorrow, the Olympic Torch will return to mainland France to cross the Pyrénées-Orientales.


Olympic Qualifier Series feature star power, urban vibe in Shanghai

  • Olympics

With the kickoff in China’s hippest city just a day away, Australian Logan Martin and Britain’s Charlotte Worthington headline the BMX freestyle competition, while Leonardo Veddriq, of Indonesia and Nonaka Miho, of Japan, are sport climbing’s main attraction for this inaugural two-part-series event.

Logistx, from the US, will battle it out in China’s asphalt before heading to Budapest and hopefully France


Nine Africans from the Refugee Team secure places at Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Boxer Cindy Ngamba and Ethiopian runner Farida Abaroge have secured their places at the Olympic Games as part of the African contingent making up the 36-member team that will attend the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony.

Their Olympic training will be organised in Bayeux, in the north of France.


Parisians receive Olympic security alert, disrupting Parliament

  • Olympics

Mobile phones pinged throughout Paris on Monday and alerted residents of a critically important message from France’s Interior minister under the alarming title “extremely serious alert." However, it was just a reminder regarding the implementation of a strict security perimeter for Paris 2024.

reached the parliamentary session between Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin and members of the hard-left France


Daedo International and ETU renew sponsorship contract

  • Taekwondo

Daedo International, the leading provider of Taekwondo equipment, renewed its sponsorship contract with the European Taekwondo Union (ETU) for the period 2025-2028. The contract signing ceremony took place on 12 May at the Metropol Hotel in Belgrade, Serbia, with Daedo’s Director Sam Park and ETU Secretary General Antonio Barbarino officiating the event.

collaboration with the ETU, Daedo continues to sponsor national Taekwondo federations in Spain, Italy, France